Digital BW, The Print

Paul Roark wrote:

> The 1280 is measurably the best/smoothest I've seen -- especially at 2880.
> But the 1280 at 1440 is so good, using 2880 is seldom worth the wait.

Paul;

The 1280 curves for the Mac on the MIS site are described as "draft
curves". The 1280 curves on the Yahoo list site all appear to be PC
curves. Have you developed any final curves for the 1280 Mac? If not,
how far off are the MIS site draft curves? What should I be looking for
as far as what to try and improve?

Thanks in advance!

-Jeff

Jeff,

You wrote:

>The 1280 curves for the Mac on the MIS site are described as "draft
>curves".

I hope they are final curves that MIS has.  If there is no number at the end
of the file name, they should be final.

However, if you use them and print the 21-step file, see if the steps are
well-spaced.  If not, let me know.  I do have a concern about the resolution
setting with these curves -- 1440 is the intended standard, 720 may have
been used by the printer when these were developed.

Paul